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Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song
Gary Golio
Item #:
978146775123
Price:
$19.99
The audience was completely silent the first time Billie Holiday performed a song called “Strange Fruit.” In the 1930s, Billie was known as a performer of jazz and blues music, but this song wasn’t either of those things. It was a song about injustice, and it would change her life forever.
This picture book traces the history of how two outsiders—Billie Holiday, a young black woman raised in poverty, and Abel Meeropol, the son of Jewish immigrants—combined their talents to create a song that challenged racism and paved the way for the Civil Rights movement.Book, 40 pages.
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